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Hight Street’s application to mine in Kakum park was rejected – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has stated that the Commission completely rejected an application submitted by High Street Ghana Limited for a license to mine in the Kakum National Park and therefore the said application not given any attention whatsoever. In a press statement signed by the chief executive officer, Mr Martin Kwaku Ayisi, …

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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to officially open to tourists

The long-awaited reopening of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) to the general public has been announced for Tuesday, July 11, 2023. This development was confirmed in a press release by Edward Quao, the Acting Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. According to the release, the park had been temporarily closed to facilitate …

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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park temporarily closed for commercial preparations

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) in Accra, Ghana, has been closed down temporarily from midnight on Friday, July 7, 2023, until Tuesday, July 11, 2023. This closure is necessary to facilitate preparations for the park’s upcoming commercial operations. An official statement signed by Mr. Edward Quao, the Acting Director …

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Aburi Gardens overtakes Kakum National Park as most visited tourist site in 2022

Aburi Gardens, a lush oasis nestled in the mountains of Ghana, has surpassed the renowned Kakum National Park to be ranked the most visited tourist site in 2022, according to the fourth Ghana Tourism survey. The scenic gardens attracted a staggering 186,109 visitors between January to June 2022, outshining the …

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Four people killed in eastern DRC ambush near gorilla park

Assailants killed three rangers and another member of their convoy in an ambush in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN). The attackers struck on Thursday as the convoy, escorted by ICCN rangers, left Kivandya village near Virunga …

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Airport City: Court places injunction on three-storey car park, surrounding land

The High Court, Land Division 11, presided over by Justice Amos Wuntah  Wuni on February 27, 2023, placed an interlocutory injunction on a three-story car park located next to The Grand Oyeeman within the Airport City enclave. In a suit titled Life Group of Companies Ltd. Vrs. Nowak Developments Limited …

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Match Report: Dreams FC humble Asante Kotoko at Dawu Park with 2-0 victory

Dreams FC have ended their three-game winless streak in the ongoing 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League after a comfortable victory over Asante Kotoko at the Dawu Theatre of Dreams. Two goals from Gael Aholou and Agyenim Boateng in both halves were enough for a dominant Dreams FC to record their first victory after …

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Two notorious poachers arrested in Mole National Park

At around 6:30 pm on Friday 23rd December 2022, two Poachers Abdulai Osman from Larabanga and Fuseini Sumani from Damongo Atributo all in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region were arrested in the Palma beat of the Mole National Park. The Poachers had killed an antelope and a …

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4-year-old survives six days lost in hyena-infested Kenyan national park

A 4-year-old boy who disappeared in Kenya’s hyena-infested Tsavo National Park was found after six days of searching. According to BBC, the minor, identified as Ayub, was in the company of his elder brothers when he disappeared. The group was said to be herding livestock. And though the area he …

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‘Angry’ Anyidoho vows to report officials letting Asomdwe Park rot to Akufo-Addo

One-time presidential spokesman, Koku Anyidoho, has vowed to expose appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the current state of the Asomdwe Park. The park, which is the resting place of former president John Evans Atta-Mills was only recently refurbished and recommissioned by the state-owned Coastal Development Authority, CODA, …

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